Winged Creatures (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Winged Creatures
| image = Winged creatures ver2.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Rowan Woods
| writer = Roy Freirich
| based_on = {{based on|Winged Creatures|Roy Freirich}}
| starring = Kate Beckinsale
Dakota Fanning
Guy Pearce
Forest Whitaker
Jennifer Hudson
Jackie Earle Haley
Josh Hutcherson
| producer = Robert Salerno
| music = Marcelo Zarvos
| editing = Meg Reticker
| cinematography = Eric Alan Edwards
| studio = Peace Arch Entertainment
| distributor = Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
| released = {{Film date|2008|6|24|Los Angeles Film Festival|2009|7|31|United States}}
| country = United States
| runtime = 100 minutes
| language = English
| gross = $39,171 (Foreign){{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=00&wk=2009W20&id=_fWINGEDCREATURES01|title=Winged Creatures (2009)|website=Box Office Mojo}}
}}
Winged Creatures (released as Fragments on DVD) is a 2008 psychological drama directed by Rowan Woods and starring Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Josh Hutcherson, Guy Pearce, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Embeth Davidtz. It is an adaptation of Roy Freirich's novel Winged Creatures.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1010018.Roy_Freirich|title=Roy Freirich author profile|work=Goodreads|year=2009}} It was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group in the United States on August 4, 2009, as Fragments.{{cite web | title=Fragments | website=Fandango | date=2009-08-07 | url=https://www.fandango.com/fragments-126557/movie-overview | access-date=2022-12-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://worldscreen.com/sony-acquires-rights-to-peace-arch-feature-film/|title=WorldScreen.com - Articles - Sony Acquires Rights to Peace Arch Feature Film|first=World|last=Screen|date=May 17, 2007}}
Plot
While in a restaurant, Carla Davenport, the restaurant cashier; Charlie Archenault, a driving-school teacher; Bruce Laraby, an emergency room physician; Anne Hagen; her father; and her best friend, Jimmy Jasperson, suddenly hear gunshots. Annie and Jimmy retreat under a table as a suicidal gunman shoots several people (including Anne's father) and then himself. The film shows the aftermath as these five traumatized people struggle to regain their trust in the ordinary world.{{cite web|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/movie-review-fragments-winged-creatures-4076041.html?cat=2 |title=Movie Review: Fragments/Winged Creatures (2009) |work=Yahoo! Voices |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308003012/http://voices.yahoo.com/movie-review-fragments-winged-creatures-4076041.html?cat=2 |archivedate=March 8, 2014 }}
Cast
- Kate Beckinsale as Carla Davenport
- Dakota Fanning as Anne Hagen
- Josh Hutcherson as Jimmy Jasperson
- Forest Whitaker as Charlie Archenault
- Guy Pearce as Dr. Bruce Laraby
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Doris Hagen
- Jennifer Hudson as Kathy Archenault
- Jackie Earle Haley as Bob Jasperson
- Walton Goggins as Zack
- Embeth Davidtz as Jo Laraby
- Troy Garity as Ron Alber
- Robin Weigert as Lydia Jasperson
- Andrew Fiscella as Numbers Man
- Jaimz Woolvett as the Swedish Cook
- Hayley McFarland as Lori Carline
- Soren Fulton as Howard
Reception
In the United States' review aggregator, the Rotten Tomatoes, in the score where the site staff categorizes the opinions of independent media and mainstream media only positive or negative, the film has an approval rating of 45% calculated based on 31 critics reviews. By comparison, with the same opinions being calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean, the score achieved is 4,7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Sensitive but not insightful, Fragments pieces an ensemble together in the same way Crash did but without the gravitas."{{cite news|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fragments_2008|title=Fragments|last=|first=|date=|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=|archive-date=}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0948547|Winged Creatures}}
{{Rowan Woods}}
Category:2008 crime drama films
Category:Films scored by Marcelo Zarvos
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films directed by Rowan Woods
Category:American independent films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:2008 independent films
Category:2000s English-language films
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